Rail and road-bed for traction-roads



Patented June 16,1891.

Milug INVENTOI? vUNITED STATES ,PATENT @Erica JOHN J. MILLER, OFPITTSBURG, FENSYLVANIA.

RAIL AND ROAD-BED FOR TRACTION-FQOADS.A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,179, dated J une16, 1891. Application filed February 14, 1891. Serial No. 381,467. (Nomodel.)

.T0 all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county 0f Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railsand Road- Beds for Traction-Roads; and I do hereby declarel that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in track-rails and the means forsecuring the same in place, and has special reference to tracks forstreet-railways where the paving is arranged fiush with the top of therail.V

My invention has for its object to provide a Simple 4and effective railwhich may be readily laid and removed, which will be firm and durable,and which may be cheaply manufactured, and, furthermore, to provide asimple, cheap, and effective sleeper-rail which may be readily put inplace and to which the rail may be applied without disturbing thepaving.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of the sleeper-rail, in the adaptation of thesleeper-rail to the standards ofthe castings -which are employed in theconstruction of traction-roads, in the construction and adaptation ofthe track-rail to the sleeper-rail, and in certain details ofconstruction and arrangement,which will be fully described hereinafterin connection with the drawings, wherein-` Figure 1 is a side viewshowing track-rail, sleeper-rail, and casting. Fig. 2 is a front view ofsame. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the standards shortened, as seenwhen the road is built for traction which does not require anunderground conduit. Fig. iis a detail view of a portion of thetrack-rail. Fig. 5 is a detail section.

The casting A is provided at its ends with vertical standards B B and atits center with a saddle C to receive the conduit, which is shown indotted lines in Fig. 2. The sleeperrails E E are secured to the upperends of the standards. The standards are provided at their upperends ontheir inner and outer sides with laterally-projecting ears or lugs F F,which are flush with the upper ends of the standards, and thesleeper-rails are provided in their sides with channels G G, therebyforming the upper and lower lateral iianges H and H', respectively. Thelower or base fianges H', rest on the upper ends of the standards andare secured to the lateral ears or lugs before mentioned by means ofvertical bolts Il, whichengage registering perforations in said iiangesand ears.

The track-rails K rest on the upper flanges H and are provided on theirunder sides with a depending web L, Awhich fits snugly in a channel orgroove M in the upper surface of the sleeper-rail. This web is fittedinto the channel or groove by simply placing' the track-rail upon thesleeper-rail, and after the former is firmly in place the rails areconnected by transverse pins or bolts N, which are passed throughregistering pertorations 7L and Z in the upper flange and the web,respectively.

It will be seen that in order to replace a broken or damaged rail whichis constructed Vand secured in place in accordance with my invention itis simply necessary to withdraw the retaining pins or bolts N, (whichmay be accomplished by the removal of a pavingstone opposite each pim)after which the rail may be raised vertically out of its seat. Theroad-bed is not disturbed and the adjoining rails are not affected. Theperforations in the web may be made slightly elongated in shape to allowfor expansion and conti-action of the metal, due to changes oftemperature.

By forming the sleeper-railsindependently of the castings theconstruction is simplified and the road is more easily built, while atthe same time a iirm and substantial foundation is formed for thetrack-rails.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination,with castings provided with end standards, of thesleeper-rails secured to the upper ends of said standards, and thetrack-rails provided with depending webs fitting in channels or groovesin the sleeper-rails, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with castings provided forations in the base-flangesand the said ears or lugs, and the track-rails resting upon the topflanges of the sleeper-mils and provided with depending webs fitting inchannels or grooves in the saine, said Webs being engaged by transversepins which are arrangedin the sleeper-rails, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aliix my si gnature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN J i MILLER.

Witnesses WILLIAM F. ROBE, WM. COX.

